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Date: June 21, 2012
Source: Centre for Addictions Research of BC
A new study by the Centre for Addictions Research of BC at UVic reveals an increase in hospitalizations as a result of alcohol and illicit drug overdoses between 2002 and 2009. Alcohol overdose hospitalizations rose by 16%, while other drug overdose hospitalizations rose by 33%.

... These guidelines represent a healthy limit. But drinking to optimize health? That’s another matter. “One drink a day—and that’s a fairly unusual consumption pattern,” says Tim Stockwell, executive director of the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. Still, he points out, a daily drink is where “the risk of cancer starts.”

If Stockwell had his way, Canada would move to warning labels: “If you can do this for tanning salons, why not alcohol? ...

“Let’s say there’s a frog pond where some of the frogs are developing odd-looking growths, and others are sterile. Do you send in surgeons to remove the growths, and fertility experts to deal with the sterility? Or do you say to yourself: maybe there’s something in the water?” Dan Reist ...

Canada is blessed with more than its fair share of renowned researchers on the alcohol file, a brain trust of internationally respected individuals. People like the straight-talking Tim Stockwell, head of the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. (CARBC), who has just returned from presenting to Scottish MPs on the minimum pricing of alcohol.

Date: July 15, 2011
Source: UVic
Most people who smoke or inject crack in Victoria and Vancouver share their crack paraphernalia--a practice that can spread serious infectious diseases. That’s according to new data from the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research of BC.

Date: January 18, 2011
Source: UVic
Private liquor stores are certainly more convenient than the government outlets, since they are open longer hours and there are many more of them, but they are also harming our health. That is according to new research on privatisation of the BC liquor market conducted by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research (CARBC) and the Prevention Research Center in Berkeley, California.